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minecart

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A wheeled container, often one that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cocopan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cart, rolling stock

History

Etymology

From mine + cart.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: вагане́тка (vahanjétka) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Bulgarian: вагоне́тка (vagonétka) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Chinese Mandarin: 礦車 /矿车 (kuàngchē) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Danish: tipvogn — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Finnish: kaivosvaunu — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • French: wagonnet — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • German: Förderwagen — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • German: Lore — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • German: Kipplore — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • German: Güterlore — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • German: Hunt — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Greek: βαγονέτο (vagonéto) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Japanese: トロッコ (torokko) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Macedonian: вагоне́тка (vagonétka) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Polish: wagonetka — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Portuguese: vagoneta — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Russian: вагоне́тка (vagonétka) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Spanish: vagoneta — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Swedish: malmhund — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials
  • Ukrainian: вагоне́тка (vahonétka) — a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials